The Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will promote Belarus' transit attractiveness, Director General of the Belarusian association of international road carriers BAMAP Alexander Soloshchev told BelTA.
“The implementation of the document will contribute to the transit attractiveness of Belarus and its EAEU partner countries,” said Alexander Soloshchev.
He stressed that one of the main messages of the EAEU Customs Code is the transition to electronic document management. With an electronic digital signature, most operations can be performed via the Internet.
“Even at the stage of submitting proposals, members of our association, as well as the customs bodies of Belarus, spoke in favor of maximum transition to the automatic release of goods under the transit procedure, when, with proper registration of documents, the decision is made via the computer. This is about the registration at the border, which helps reduce the time spent at the border,” said Alexander Soloshchev.
Last year, before the EAEU Customs Code came into force, the State Customs Committee, together with the members of the association, launched an experiment on the automatic release in the Kozlovichi border checkpoint. “We are happy with the results. With automatic release, the average time spent at the border crossing has been reduced to 15 minutes,” he stated.